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| 10253567519 | FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE | The metaphoric meaning of a word or phrase goes beyond literal meaning. This seeks to accentuate meaning by tapping into the associative connections to words or phrases. This is always intentionally done to reveal tone and attitude and shape mood. | 0 | |
| 10253567520 | F- imagery | The sensory description used to make an audience vividly picture the concrete details of a thing and emotionally feel the associative weight of those details as well. | 1 | |
| 10253567521 | F- analogy | Examine the similarities between two different things in order to explain the think that is unfamiliar by relating it to the thing that is familiar. | 2 | |
| 10253567522 | F- simile | Brief comparisons between unlike things, usually introduced by the word like or as. | 3 | |
| 10253567523 | F- metaphor | Brief comparisons between unlike things, introduced directly. | 4 | |
| 10253567524 | F- personification | Comparisons that endow non-human things with human attributes or emotions. | 5 | |
| 10253567525 | F- symbol | Concrete things which represent something abstract. They are like metaphors but the abstract comparison is implied, not introduced directly. | 6 | |
| 10253567526 | F- allegory | Uses a variety of story elements symbolically to represent abstract ideas. They often dal with moral truths about humanity or life. | 7 | |
| 10253567527 | F- allusion | Refer to a commonly known person, place, event, poe, play, story, painting, sculpture, song, etc. They can be historical, literary, religious, topical, or mythical. | 8 | |
| 10253567528 | F- apostrophe | Directly addresses an absent person, who may be real, imagined, or abstract. The effect may add familiarity or emotional intensity. | 9 | |
| 10253567529 | F- metonymy | Substitutes the name of one object for that of another closely associated with it. | 10 | |
| 10253567530 | F- hyperbole | Uses deliberate exaggeration or overstatement. Hyperboles may have either a comic or serious effect. | 11 | |
| 10253567531 | F- understatement | Presents something as less significant than it is. The ironic effect can either be humorous or emphatic. | 12 | |
| 10253567532 | F- irony | Contrasts appearance and reality. -verbal: state the opposite of what is meant. -situational: presents an event which resolves opposite to expectation. -dramatic: presents a character who is ignorant of key situational details of which the audience is aware | 13 | |
| 10253567533 | F- idiom | Expressions that mean something other than the literal meaning of the individual words. | 14 | |
| 10253567534 | F- euphemism | Substitute expressions for unpleasant ones. A speaker may use this when they wish to soften a harsh idea. | 15 | |
| 10253567535 | F- pun | Words used in a context that suggest terms that sound similar. These are usually used for comic effect. |  | 16 |
| 10253567536 | F- cliché | Trite expressions, devalued by overuse. A speaker may use this to satirize a subject. | 17 | |
| 10253567537 | F- antithesis | Places dissimilar items close together for contrast. | 18 | |
| 10253567538 | F- paradox | Statements that appear to be self-contradictory, but contain some degree of truth. Oxymorons are a type of this. | 19 | |
| 10253567539 | F- alliteration | The repetition of initial consonant sounds in close proximity. The repetition can be used to draw attention to a passage or to enhance imagery by recreating a related sounds. | 20 | |
| 10253567540 | F- onomatopoeia | Words that imitate natural sounds that match the word meaning. This device can be used to draw attention to a passage or to enhance imagery by recreating a related sound. | 21 |
